HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD 75/05ORDINANCE NO. 75 -5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 74 -6 TO
PROVIDE IN THE FLOOD HAZARD AREAS THAT
NEW CONSTRUCTION OR SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA BE LOCATED
LANDWARD OF THE REACH OF THE MEAN HIGH TIDE;
BE ELEVATED ON ADEQUATELY ANCHORED PILES OR
COLUMNS TO A LOWEST FLOOR LEVEL AT OR ABOUT
THE ONE - HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD LEVEL AND SECURELY
ANCHORED TO SUCH PILES OR COLUMNS; AND HAS NO
BASEMENT AND HAS THE SPACE BELOW THE LOWEST
FLOOR FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS SO THAT THE IMPACT
OF ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES OR WIND - DRIVEN WATER IS
MINIMIZED.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of
Gulf Stream, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 74 -6 of the Town of Gulfstream
is hereby amended at Section 3, entitled "Permitted Uses in
Flood Hazard Areas" by adding thereto Paragraph 5 which shall
read as follows:
5. No land below the level of the 100 -year flood in a
coastal high hazard area may be developed unless the new
construction or substantial improvement:
tide;
a) is located landward of the reach of the mi�in high
b) is elevated on adequately anchored piles or columns
to a lowest floor level at or above the 100 -year flood level
and securely anchored to such piles or columns; and
c) has no basement and has the space below the lowest
floor free of obstructions so that the impact of abnormally
high tides or wind - driven water is minimized.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any article, section,
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason declared invalid
or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
JOHNSTON decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions
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of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. Inconsistent Ordinances, all ordinances
or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its
passage and approval as provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND READING, THIS
12 DAY OF December , A.D., 1975.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
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TOWN CLERK
JOHNSTON
;ASSER & RANDOLPH
15 HARVEY BUILDING
iST PALM BEACH, FLA.
33402
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